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- The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, also known as the Hague Abduction Convention, is an international agreement that establishes guidelines for adoptions, such as agreeing that a child abducted by a parent and illegally taken to another country should be promptly returned to their previous country of residence. The Hague guidelines promote regulation and fairness in the adoption process and also safeguard against child trafficking.
Country | Adoptions 2022 | Hague Convention | Adoptions 2021 | Adoptions 2020 | Adoptions 2019 | Adoptions 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,517 | Hague | 1,785 | 1,622 | 2,971 | 4,058 |
| Colombia | 235 | Hague | 297 | 137 | 244 | 229 |
| India | 223 | Non-Hague | 245 | 103 | 241 | 302 |
| South Korea | 141 | Non-Hague | 156 | 188 | 166 | 206 |
| Bulgaria | 84 | Hague | 108 | 99 | 134 | 134 |
| Ukraine | 82 | Non-Hague | 235 | 211 | 298 | 248 |
| Haiti | 79 | Non-Hague | 54 | 96 | 130 | 196 |
| Taiwan | 68 | Hague | 48 | 42 | 43 | 32 |
| Philippines | 67 | Hague | 68 | 39 | 94 | 105 |
| Thailand | 49 | Hague | 38 | 23 | 38 | 43 |
| Nigeria | 44 | Non-Hague | 111 | 83 | 116 | 173 |
| Liberia | 41 | Non-Hague | 27 | 29 | 51 | 30 |
| Jamaica | 27 | Non-Hague | 20 | 30 | 44 | 40 |
| Burundi | 26 | Hague | 14 | 17 | 26 | 19 |
| Pakistan | 23 | Non-Hague | 6 | 28 | 22 | 35 |
| Cameroon | 22 | Non-Hague | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Brazil | 21 | Hague | 12 | 20 | 15 | 9 |
| Morocco | 20 | Non-Hague | 30 | 17 | 30 | 18 |
| Vietnam | 18 | Hague | 11 | 15 | 32 | 28 |
| Ghana | 18 | Non-Hague | 10 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| Hungary | 18 | Hague | 17 | 17 | 30 | 13 |
| South Africa | 16 | Hague | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 |
| Sierra Leone | 15 | Non-Hague | 20 | 13 | 34 | 70 |
| Malawi | 14 | Non-Hague | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 13 | Hague | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 13 | Hague | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| Latvia | 12 | Hague | 28 | 20 | 38 | 79 |
| Bangladesh | 10 | Non-Hague | 4 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
| Mexico | 9 | Hague | 27 | 11 | 27 | 26 |
| Uganda | 9 | Non-Hague | 8 | 15 | 30 | 26 |
| Honduras | 9 | Hague | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 |
| Dominican Republic | 8 | Hague | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | Hague | 11 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | Non-Hague | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| Serbia | 5 | Hague | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Lesotho | 5 | Hague | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Somalia | 4 | Non-Hague | 2 | |||
| Ecuador | 4 | Non-Hague | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
| Armenia | 4 | Hague | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Belize | 4 | Hague | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Egypt | 3 | Hague | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 3 | Non-Hague | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 3 | Hague | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Canada | 3 | Hague | 1 | 5 | ||
| Poland | 3 | Hague | 7 | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| Peru | 3 | Hague | 5 | 9 | 8 | |
| Djibouti | 3 | Non-Hague | ||||
| Togo | 2 | Hague | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Albania | 2 | Hague | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Gambia | 2 | Hague | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Algeria | 1 | Non-Hague | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Malaysia | 1 | Non-Hague | 1 | 1 | ||
| Madagascar | 1 | Hague | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Niger | 1 | Non-Hague | ||||
| Burkina Faso | 1 | Hague | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | Hague | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Guinea | 1 | Non-Hague | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Belarus | 1 | Hague | 2 | |||
| El Salvador | 1 | Non-Hague | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | Non-Hague | 2 | 1 | ||
| Georgia | 1 | Hague | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Samoa | 1 | Non-Hague | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Grenada | 1 | Non-Hague | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Dominica | 1 | Hague | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| China | Hague | 202 | 819 | 1,475 | ||
| Indonesia | Non-Hague | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ethiopia | Hague | 6 | 10 | 177 | ||
| Japan | Non-Hague | 1 | 6 | 14 | ||
| DR Congo | Hague | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| Tanzania | Non-Hague | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kenya | Hague | 1 | ||||
| Sudan | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Afghanistan | Non-Hague | 2 | 3 | |||
| Yemen | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Uzbekistan | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Nepal | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Venezuela | Hague | 1 | 1 | |||
| Zambia | Hague | 2 | 3 | |||
| Romania | Hague | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Senegal | Hague | 1 | ||||
| Guatemala | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Zimbabwe | Non-Hague | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rwanda | Hague | 2 | ||||
| South Sudan | Non-Hague | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jordan | Non-Hague | 1 | 1 | |||
| Papua New Guinea | Non-Hague | 2 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | Hague | 2 | ||||
| Greece | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Libya | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Nicaragua | Non-Hague | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Republic of the Congo | Hague | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Singapore | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Lebanon | Non-Hague | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Eritrea | Hague | 2 | ||||
| Moldova | Hague | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Namibia | Hague | 1 | ||||
| Lithuania | Hague | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| North Macedonia | Hague | 1 | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Non-Hague | 5 | ||||
| Guyana | Hague | 2 | 7 | 16 | 13 | |
| Bahamas | Non-Hague | 2 | ||||
| Barbados | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Saint Lucia | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Kiribati | Non-Hague | 1 | ||||
| Tonga | Non-Hague | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Marshall Islands | Non-Hague | 1 | 3 | 7 |